Young Bess
6.7
“A Great and Spectacular Drama!”
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
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Jean Simmons
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Known for
Spartacus
North and South
Stewart Granger
Thomas Seymour
Known for
Moonfleet
Scaramouche
Deborah Kerr
Catherine Parr
Known for
The Innocents
Black Narcissus
Charles Laughton
King Henry VIII
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Spartacus
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Ashley
Known for
Oliver Twist
Stage Fright
Guy Rolfe
Ned Seymour
Known for
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Dolls
Kathleen Byron
Ann Seymour
Known for
A Matter of Life and Death
Black Narcissus
Cecil Kellaway
Mr. Parry
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Rex Thompson
Prince Edward / King Edward VI
Known for
The King and I
Robert Arthur
Barnaby
Known for
Ace in the Hole
Yellow Sky
Leo G. Carroll
Mr. Mums
Known for
North by Northwest
Strangers on a Train
Norma Varden
Lady Tyrwhitt
Known for
Witness for the Prosecution
Strangers on a Train
George Sidney Director · Jan Lustig Screenplay Arthur Wimperis Screenplay
Worldwide gross $4.1M · Budget $2.4M · United States release May 29, 1953
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Budget
$2,423,000
Worldwide gross
$4,095,000
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 29, 1953
Theatrical
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